By M. Oudina
GAO (Mali) - Hundreds of Malian Tuareg attracted by money fight in Libya alongside the forces of Muammar Gaddafi, whose latest setback, however, pushed them to return to Mali, but with weapons brought from the front, therefore posing a threat on peace in the Sahel. Gadhafi's regime, facing since mid-February a popular uprising, has especially relied on Malian Tuareg to fight the insurgents. In the desert of Mali, a truck passes. A Malian guide, Souleh, suspects the men aboard change vehicles once go to Niger to support Gaddafi. "At one point, the young Tuareg who joined the ranks of Gaddafi earned up to $ 1000 a few days. It paid well," says Ag Abdoulsalam Assalat, president of the Regional Assembly of Kidal (northeast)...[continued]
